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• Vauxhall Zafira A - Electrical gremlins or something else? 11 Sep 2017 (Forum)
  with a known good one and got the same behaviour. When the engine cut out, I had the alternator, emissions and oil pressure lights come on solid (but no immobiliser light) and stay on with key out the ignition. Disconnecting battery and reconnecting it added the immobiliser light until I disconnected
• Ford Mondeo MK3 2.0 TDCI 2005 - What is wrong with my car? 6 Mar 2021 (Forum)
  to eliminate it from being a fault but it has made no change in the situation. While replacing the EGR I checked the inside of the turbo and found it to not be at fault. There is no oil inside and the turbine blades are undamaged on both exhaust and inlet side. I have very little money and cannot
• Jaguar 2004 xtype 2.0dci - Egr Valve, blanking plate, management light 23 Apr 2015 (Forum)
  change the clutch no doubt but thought it might need bleeding or so on. It has an hydraulic clutch which bleeds itself, so I'm guessing that's ruled out, then I got thinking maybe it was something o do with the slave. I am a complete novice , but feel super confident about doing all the work
• US carmakers economy unchanged in 15yrs 24 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  . The Transportation Department is also reviewing its standard for passenger cars to reduce overall U.S. oil consumption, but any change is not expected for a few years. Gasoline use accounts for about 40 percent of U.S. daily oil demand that averages close to 21 million barrels, government figures show. SUVs
• Spent £826 on repairs this year on a reliable car 23 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  . Pretty much order of jobs I have done:- 1) Oil change, new plugs, new air filter, sump tightened, clutch cable adjusted, car greesed. £90 2) Two new rear springs £50 (Ted very kindly did this for me, I just bought the springs) 3) Two new rear tyres (old ones were perfectly legal but side walls had small
• Honda Civic - I know this car is clocked 12 Jan 2014 (Forum)
  First Registered 29 Sep 2006 Year Manufactured 2006 Former Keepers 1 Last Keeper Change The last recorded change of keeper occurred on 28 Jun 2010 Body 5 Door Hatchback Colour Black Fuel Heavy Oil Security Markings This vehicle has not yet been protected against
• Peugeot 308 Verve 2010 - P1338 - Misfire Cylinder No.2 (Losing the will) 13 Apr 2021 (Forum)
  completed which include: New Coil Pack (All 4 Cylinders). New Spark Plugs (Twice since problem started). New Engine Coolant Temperature Sensor. Drive Shaft Realignment. Car has also had a full service all filters and oil change along with a full engine flush / clean
• Nissan Note - Timing chain & engine damage - what to do next? 6 Sep 2020 (Forum)
  , even though the car has such a low mileage and this part should not have failed. The car has been properly serviced and the oil changed as recommended, and I have the service book as evidence. It's been recovered to a local garage, who have given me 3 options: (1) Have the car recovered
• Ford Focus Mk2, 2007 1.6. - Recommendations, please. 7 Nov 2016 (Forum)
  Sorry, but yet another request for car change recommendations.  We currently have a Focus 1.6 2007 Zetec Climate, and have had it for six years. Its been a great car, relentlessly reliable,  but just lately has started to cost money on a regular basis. Handbrake cable, exchange
• Jaguar X-Type 2.0d 2004 157k - Sod's Law Strikes Again 23 Mar 2016 (Forum)
  ) until ... Monday night, 50 miles from home, at western end of M4, had to stop because of serious overheating (red warning lights and gauge at max).  No loss of coolant, oil ok, electric fan working.  Cooled down quickly (outside temp 5 deg).  Belts in place and working. Called my
• Citroen C8 - engine rebuild & now another big bill 5 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  to cut along story short, my timing belt snapped 2 days before it was booked in to get changed :0/ had it towed to a garage (this was last april). they had it 15 weeks trying to rebuild the engine. finally get it back. 1st time i take it on a long trip (70 miles) 1 side of the engine drops
• Citroen C8 - another big bill after engine rebulid 5 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  to cut along story short, my timing belt snapped 2 days before it was booked in to get changed :0/ had it towed to a garage (this was last april). they had it 15 weeks trying to rebuild the engine. finally get it back. 1st time i take it on a long trip (70 miles) 1 side of the engine drops
• New car - old car? £7,000 down the drain? 29 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  - as the losses on buying a petrol Panda would be truly massive - even if, say - £1,500 were figured into repairs for the Punto over the next 8yrs. (This is the exceptionally (mechanically) cared for Punto by the way - serviced by me - oil changes at half intervals and with waterproof grease on the frames
• Jeep Cherokee (2002 - 2007) - 05 2.8 Torque converter recall woes. 4 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  , and the service personnel verbally agreed it was probably something to do with the recall work. They contacted Jeep UK who were most unsympathetic and who consider it quite normal for a 40,000 mile gearbox (never done any towing) to fail. With this information the service dept changed their tune, saying the oil
• Peugeot 406 Diesel Playing Up 3 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  I've just got my hands on a Pug 406 GLX turbo diesel. I have a few issues with it, here we go: 1) The speedo, keeps jumping, swinging, gets stuck at 0 etc. Although sometimes it does read out correctly. Also it stops reading the mileage, so i don't know what my mpg is like! 2) The Oil level gauge
• Lost Wheel Saga 29 Apr 2001 (Forum)
  conclusion was that the wheel had been recently changed, all the studs were of the correct design material etc, and had been done up to the correct torque, allegedly. Yet, because the threads had not been cleaned and oiled, so much of the torque was lost in overcoming the friction due to the crap
• see if I care..... 15 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  in every Walgreens (that\'s your Boots) in the US, but what\'s in there seems clean enough and she shifts fine. Diff oil was made never to be changed in the car\'s lifetime so that\'s off the list. Oil and filter change done. 20w/50 dino oil natch. The best Valvoline that money can buy. She loved it, I
• Peugeot 206 hatchback (1998 - 2006) - 01 1.6 headgasket changed, but still have problems 29 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  Hi; I really hope someone out there with a bit more car knowledge than myself can help me here. Don't get me wrong, I can just about change a tyre, know where the water, oil petrol etc goes, but that's about my knowledge and I think my garage is messing me about. I'll try and keep this short
• A bland farewell 24 Oct 2018 (Forum)
  it was a real irritant. From cold the car was horrid to drive when pulling away, juddering badly but after warming up and a bit of clutch riding it (not ideal) would clear which tells me that the clutch was contaminated with oil, likely through the input shaft oil seal. I raised this with our local dealer
• My first 6 weeks with a 520d 15 Jul 2012 (Forum)
  and electrical systems to save fuel. In real life if saves hardly any fuel but the car is as responsive as me when I am asleep. Comfort is where I spend most of my time, car behaves like a lazy auto should changes up between 1700 and 2000 RPM in normal driving and is very smooth. Car will accelerate quickly